A group called the Silent Majority Foundation is planning a class action lawsuit on behalf of workers at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state refusing to comply with a federal mandate to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a Sunday online announcement.
“The plan includes bringing a suit for a temporary restraining order or injunctive relief prior to November 22 (or December 8), the date associated with the vaccine mandate for your respective employers,” according to the announcement. It goes on to state details of the planned legal action were to be discussed at a meeting that evening at the Island View Worship Center in Richland, Wash.
As for the federal vaccine order case, the Silent Majority Foundation said it has teamed up with the Arnold & Jacobowitz law firm “to fight for the Hanford workers.” The law firm has offices in Seattle and Chelan, Wash.
According to its website, the Silent Majority Foundation “is a grassroots organization centered on protecting America’s constitution and theological foundation.” In September the organization filed a lawsuit in Franklin County against Gov. Jay Inslee over certain vaccine mandates in Washington. Among the group’s founders are attorney Pete Serrano, a Pasco city council member and former Department of Energy attorney who is now New Nuclear Environmental Planning Supervisor for Energy Northwest, according to his LinkedIn bio.
Serrano’s bio said he has been general counsel for the Silent Majority Foundation since August.
There are already legal cases brought on behalf of multiple vaccine holdouts working for DOE contractors at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
